{"id":10633,"date":"2019-10-24T04:32:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T17:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/?page_id=10633"},"modified":"2021-02-24T02:24:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T15:24:43","slug":"ancestral-stories-and-cultural-connections-in-maningrida","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/ancestral-stories-and-cultural-connections-in-maningrida\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancestral Stories and Cultural Connections in Maningrida"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Maningrida<\/a>

Maningrida Language Map \u00a9 Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation, Maningrida College and Batchelor Institute<\/p><\/div>\n

The art centres B\u00e1bbarra Women\u2019s Centre<\/a> and Maningrida Arts & Culture<\/a> are based in Maningrida, on Kunib\u00eddji country in Arnhem Land in Australia\u2019s Northern Territory. The area where artists live encompasses 7,000 square kilometres of land and sea, and over 100 clan estates, where people speak more than 12 distinct languages. Aboriginal people in this region are still on country, surviving and resilient because their country is the centre of their epistemology, their belief system, culture \u2013 djang\/wangarr<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ways of learning and schools of art in Arnhem Land are based around a system of passing knowledge and information on to others. The art here has its genesis in body design, rock art and cultural practices, in concert with more than 50 years of collaborations, travel and political action to retain ownership of country. Values and law are expressed through language, imagery, manikay<\/em> (song), bunggul<\/em> (dance), doloppo bim<\/em> (bark painting), sculptures, and kun-madj<\/em> (weaving) \u2013 the arts.<\/p>\n

Artists represent and sculpt cultural objects that are an integral part of ceremonial and everyday life for the Aboriginal people of Arnhem Land, including:<\/p>\n

Lorrkon (Hollow-log coffins)<\/a><\/p>\n

Mandjabu (Fish Traps)<\/a><\/p>\n

Kun-madj (Dilly Bags)<\/a><\/p>\n

Among the subject matter of artworks are spirit beings such as:<\/p>\n

Mimih Spirits<\/a><\/p>\n

Yawkyawk (Female Water Spirits)<\/a><\/p>\n

Baw\u00e1liba<\/a><\/p>\n

The artists also represent powerful beings who transformed as they moved across country, before humans arrived. They only illustrate figures they have the cultural custodianship and family permissions to depict. <\/span>These beings include:<\/p>\n

Buluwana<\/a><\/p>\n

Ngalyod (Rainbow Serpent)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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SOURCES: Maningrida Arts & Culture and B\u00e1bbarra Women\u2019s Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The art centres B\u00e1bbarra Women\u2019s Centre and Maningrida Arts & Culture are based in Maningrida, on Kunib\u00eddji country in Arnhem Land in Australia\u2019s Northern Territory. The area where artists live encompasses 7,000 square kilometres of land and sea, and over 100 clan estates, where people speak more than 12 distinct languages. Aboriginal people in this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10633","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10633"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11184,"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10633\/revisions\/11184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}